GraceMontague
In the Brooder
- Mar 7, 2021
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Hi,
I'm looking for any advice or just reassurance that I'm doing the right thing. I habevread posts on here, I just needed to share what I'm dealing with.
I have a 7 month old rooster that I integrated into my flock 3 months ago. He is smaller than my hens & always will be. They don't willingly let him mate, but he can catch them sometimes & they tolerate it. 2 weeks ago I found one of my girls shook up with feathers missing from her head. It turned out he had been attacking her, not mating, this was full on aggressive.
Anyhow, her injuries were not severe so I treated her without removing her from the flock. I isolated him in the small coop alone next to their run so they can still see eachother. I was letting him out every day supervised with the girls, but he was still going after her.
At this point I'm leaving him in his coop and run totally alone.
We decided to give it a week and then try it again. If he still attacks her I guess I need to put him down. Right now I'm just feeling extremely guilty that he is penned up alone and not able to free range.
Any advice for me that I haven't thought of? Am I doing the right thing?
I'm looking for any advice or just reassurance that I'm doing the right thing. I habevread posts on here, I just needed to share what I'm dealing with.
I have a 7 month old rooster that I integrated into my flock 3 months ago. He is smaller than my hens & always will be. They don't willingly let him mate, but he can catch them sometimes & they tolerate it. 2 weeks ago I found one of my girls shook up with feathers missing from her head. It turned out he had been attacking her, not mating, this was full on aggressive.
Anyhow, her injuries were not severe so I treated her without removing her from the flock. I isolated him in the small coop alone next to their run so they can still see eachother. I was letting him out every day supervised with the girls, but he was still going after her.
At this point I'm leaving him in his coop and run totally alone.
We decided to give it a week and then try it again. If he still attacks her I guess I need to put him down. Right now I'm just feeling extremely guilty that he is penned up alone and not able to free range.
Any advice for me that I haven't thought of? Am I doing the right thing?